Internet Explorer/Dr Watson

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Has anyone found evidence of snooping? by Internet Explorer, by the Dr.watson
Agent program? as I have?(with hardcopy corroberation)! I have been unable to
acertain the content of the files stealthfully, and without my consent,
removed from
my P.C. as yet!( Do to my anger at this invasion of privacy) I uninstalled
Internet Explorer completely from my previous P.C., and had the opportunity
to learn how it feels to be eviscerated from the internet!, (by a program
that is touted to be the most helpful and respected internet aid on the
market today!). I chanced to accept
one of their criticle updates, and watched them uninstall the exact file
that held the
Damning evidence of "Betrayal of Trust"!!! It was only shear chance that I
stumbled
upon the WININET file! (Security Catalog) but for who's Security? Now...if
I could only figure out how my file sharing blocks were circumnavigated?
anyone care to hazard a guess?
 
Disconnected said:
Has anyone found evidence of snooping? by Internet Explorer, by the
Dr.watson
Agent program? as I have?(with hardcopy corroberation)! I have been unable
to
acertain the content of the files stealthfully, and without my consent,
removed from
my P.C. as yet!( Do to my anger at this invasion of privacy) I uninstalled
Internet Explorer completely from my previous P.C., and had the
opportunity
to learn how it feels to be eviscerated from the internet!, (by a program
that is touted to be the most helpful and respected internet aid on the
market today!). I chanced to accept
one of their criticle updates, and watched them uninstall the exact file
that held the
Damning evidence of "Betrayal of Trust"!!! It was only shear chance that I
stumbled
upon the WININET file! (Security Catalog) but for who's Security?
Now...if
I could only figure out how my file sharing blocks were circumnavigated?
anyone care to hazard a guess?
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Dr. Watson is a debugger program. It only runs when there is a problem
somewhere.

Unless, you have been hacked ... Someone could replace the standard Dr.
Watson with an impersonator.

And, furthermore, as most people can't understand the dump report anyway,
you can disable Dr. Watson through local security policy.

As for your question, no I have never had a problem with things being
removed behind my back by Dr. Watson or any other program. Of course, Dr.
Watson seldom runs on my systems anyway.

Jim
Jim
 
Has anyone found evidence of snooping? by Internet Explorer, by the Dr.watson
Agent program? as I have?(with hardcopy corroberation)! I have been unable to
acertain the content of the files stealthfully, and without my consent,
removed from
my P.C. as yet!( Do to my anger at this invasion of privacy) I uninstalled
Internet Explorer completely from my previous P.C., and had the opportunity
to learn how it feels to be eviscerated from the internet!, (by a program
that is touted to be the most helpful and respected internet aid on the
market today!). I chanced to accept
one of their criticle updates, and watched them uninstall the exact file
that held the
Damning evidence of "Betrayal of Trust"!!! It was only shear chance that I
stumbled
upon the WININET file! (Security Catalog) but for who's Security? Now...if
I could only figure out how my file sharing blocks were circumnavigated?
anyone care to hazard a guess?
Click to expand...

When my smoke alarm beeps, I look for the fire. I don't pull the battery out,
or move the smoke alarm outside.

As Jim points out, Dr Watson only runs when there is a problem, which makes it a
pretty poor choice for an attack by a hacker. But, if you're concerned that the
code might be dodgy, run it thru Jotti and / or VirusTotal, and see if it's been
compromised.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/online-analysis-of-suspicious-files.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/online-analysis-of-suspicious-files.html
 
"Jim"
Thank you for your responce in aid of my ignorance! In reply to your assumption
that mearly retiring Dr. Watson activities through local security policy would end
further subterfuge Directed against me, (Could you please be less obscure)? as
I have admitted to my own ignorence in connection w/this "Hiccup" in a Secuity
system written explicitly for Internet Explorer's personal use! I am baffled by your
seemingly casual reference to what must surely be:(One of the most Closely) >protected protocalls that Internet Explorer puts into operational use over the >Internet! I am all ears...and await your indulgent instruction!
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If you disable Dr. Watson through the local security policy, it willl not
run when a program crashes. However, if your system has a malware
replacement of the program, all bets are off. Your description certainly
fit the description of a malware replacement.

You set local security policies (and there are lots of them) from the
control panel using the administrator tab. Help & Support describes how to
set such things in great detail.

You may find it interesting to understand that this program has been part of
Windows since at least 3.1 And that is a very long time ago.

Jim
 
Jim said:
If you disable Dr. Watson through the local security policy, it willl not
run when a program crashes. However, if your system has a malware
replacement of the program, all bets are off. Your description certainly
fit the description of a malware replacement.

You set local security policies (and there are lots of them) from the
control panel using the administrator tab. Help & Support describes how
to set such things in great detail.

You may find it interesting to understand that this program has been part
of Windows since at least 3.1 And that is a very long time ago.

Jim
Click to expand...
Just one more thought...
It might be possible for malware to cause a program to crash and thereby to
invoke Dr. Watson.
A reasonably clever hacker could persuade Dr. Watson to send the crash dump
to his site via Internet Explorer
In short order, the said hacker might learn lots more about your system.

My suggestion is that you disallow the use of Dr. Watson.
Jim
 
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